George mckibbrst



(No- Model.)

G. MGKIBBI'N.

PAPER CLIP. No. 355,943. Patented'Jan. 11, 1887.

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PAPER- CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,943, dated January11, 1887.

Application filed October-"1, 1886.

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LGEORGE MCKIBBIN, of New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Paper- Clip, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My inventionrelates to means for holding or fastening sheets of papertogether, and to a suitable support backing or tablet, so that thesheets shall be held firmly and smooth when being written upon orexamined, but can be readily detached when filled with writing, or foruse apart from the fastening.

More specifically, my invention relates to a clip or fastener or binderfor packets or pads of writing or memorandum paper and the like, inwhich the sheets are fastened together on the edges, and the packet ofsheets thus held fastened to a back forming a tablet. In such case, whenone side of a sheet is written upon and it is desired to use the otherside, before turning the sheet it must be torn or separated from thepacket, and when turned there is no way provided for again fastening it.The clip or fastener can also be applied to a board of. any kind to bindloose papers to a suitable back or tablet.

The object of my invention is to make paper clips or fasteners separatefrom the tablet or board to which they are designed to be attached, andadapt them to be transferred from one board or tablet to another.

A further object of the invention is to adapt the clip to fasten itselfto the board or tablet.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Eigurel represents a perspective view of myimproved paper fastener or clip applied to a packet of paper; Fig. 2, aplan of the fastener detached 5 Fig. 3, an end View on an enlargedscale.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the packet of paper, consistingof any practicable number ot' sheets, laid upon a board or tablet, a,and which may be secured thereto by pasting a strip of paper)represented by dotted lines, Fig. l) to the back of the board andagainst the edges of the paper on its longer side and one end or edge,or against one edge only, if preferred. This is what is ordinarily knownas a memorandum-pad.77

The clip or fastener consists of two partsviz., the part which connectswith the board or back of the pad and forms the clasp B, and the partwhich fastens the sheets and forms Serial No. 215,054. (No model.)

parts thereof to be turned up at right angles A and form stops e e.

The clamp or clip D consists in this instance of a screw-threadedstud orpost, f, placed mid` way of the clasp D in a vertical position and inline with stops d d, and is fastened by riveting its inserted end, whichis passed through the bottoni plate, against the under side of saidplate, and of a clamping-piece, g, having a shank l provided with ascrew-threaded hole for the stud f. The clamping-piece is convex on itsunder side, which presses upon the top sheet ofthe pad. The purpose inso making it is to prevent its catching in the edges of the packets whenturned around to rest and press upon the paper. As this clamp visadjusted to bear upon the paper with the proper force by screwing it upor down, if it were perfectly flat it would be liable, if screwed theslightest distance too far down, to catch or strike the edge of the topsheet and pass under the same; but by making it convex, without anynicety of adjustment, it passes without difficulty over the edge of thepaper, and also can be made to press with force upon the paper withoutscrewing itdirectly down upon the same. The clamp may, however, be madeto act in a different 1nanner-as, for example, it may be controlled by aspring, or it may be formed into a cam, or otherwise made differentlyfrom the one shown and described 5 and in such case the shape will beadapted to the manner in which it operates to clamp the paper.

` The device is used in the following manner: The clamp being raised tothe proper position to admi-t the packet of paper under it, the end ofthe board or tablet where the sheets are free is thrust' into the claspand pushed back until it comes in Contact with the stops.V In the caseof the pad, when the edges of the paper on one side are pasted togetherand to the board, the end of the pad comes in contact IOO with the stopse e, and the top plate, b', passes under the pad, or between it and theboard; but where loose papers are to be fastened by the clamp, the boardis thrust in until it is stopped by the stops d and the screw-stud, .and

the papers are laid upon the board or tablet and fastened by theclampalone. It is in this case that the stops d become of use, as if thescrew-stud f were alone depended upon as a stop the board would beliable to turn upon it sidewise as a center, and it would not be keptsquare with the clasp.

Owing to the ease with which the papers can be clamped and unclampedwhen a sheet is iilled, the clamp can be turned aside, the sheet tornoff, laid with its clean side up on the packet, and the clamp turnedback upon it, whereby it is securely held on the packet.

I donot limit myself to the use of a clasp for connecting the clip withthe board, as other means offering facilities for a quick and simpleattachment may be substituted for it.

I claim-H 1. In apaper-clip, the combi nation of a plate formed int-o aspringclasp with an adjustable clamp, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.-

2. The stops d cl, in combination with the -clasp and a suitable clamp,substantially as specified.

3. The combination of thc clasp, the stops e e, and a suitable clamp,substantially as specid.

4. The adjustable convex clamping-piece g, in combination with the claspof a paper-clip, substantially as specified.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a paperclip composed of the YclaspB, for connecting with the board or tablet on which the paper is placed,and having the stops d d and e e, and the clamp composed of thescrew-stud f and clamping'piece g, substantially as specified.

GEORGE MCKIBBIN.

Vitnesses:

WVM. A. Lown, GEO. M. JOHNSON.

